Sustainability
UNH Positions Students, Businesses to Thrive in Wake of SEC Climate Disclosure Ruling
In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the first-ever national climate disclosure rule, a decision signifying that publicly traded companies will be legally required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risk factors for the first time. It’s a... Read More-
06/04/24
Grad Student Receives Prestigious Department of Energy Graduate Research Award
Charles Wilson, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, has received a prestigious graduate research award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The funding... -
05/09/24
Wave of Innovation: Drift-RMT Takes Home Top Holloway Prize
A team specializing in engineering and business earned the $15,000 grand prize at the 36th Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation to Market Competition. ... -
04/19/24
Internship Makes a Difference Close to Home
Skye Loto is passionate about businesses that focus on environmental and social good. When she was looking for an internship to help her grow her... -
04/16/24
10 Ways UNH is Helping to Save the Earth
Sustainability and a planet-friendly ethos have long been core UNH values. The university is home to the country’s first endowed Sustainability...
Recent Stories
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06/28/12 - UNH Climate Researcher Wins Medal for Best Student PaperElizabeth Burakowski measures spectral albedo at a CoCoRaHS observer’s site in Bow, NH. (Photo: Jim Hilt) University of New Hampshire Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Burakowski was... Read More
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06/28/12 - The MatchmakerBrent Loy has introduced hundreds of plants to their perfect mates—and the birds and the bees had nothing to do with it. Read More
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06/14/12 - UNH Cooperative Extension: Supporting Farmers Markets, Saving FarmsShopping at the local farmers market may just seem like a good way to buy tasty, locally grown food and to meet your neighbors. But with help from the UNH Cooperative Extension,... Read More
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06/14/12 - UNH Wades Into Outdoor Pool IssueThe outdoor pool at UNH was built in 1938 through the Works Project Administration and has been a fixture in the Durham community for many years. In recent master... Read More
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05/31/12 - Faculty Potato Patch of 1917-1918On April 16, 1917, the United States entered WWI. A month later, in an effort to supplement food supplies, UNH faculty members were growing potatoes. Read More
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05/24/12 - Hamanasi Eco-Resort: Examining the Profit, Planet, and People Bottom Lines of SustainabilityHospitality management student Kate Early shares her undergraduate research experience at Hamanasi, an eco-resort in a rural fishing village in Belize. Read More
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05/10/12 - Digging Deep: Volleyball Player to Farm in IndiaFour years ago, as one of Canada's top junior women's volleyball prospects coming out of high school, Jessy Dick '12 crossed the continent from Lethbridge, Alberta, to play for... Read More
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04/26/12 - How Do You Move A House?The historic O’Kane Farm house has been a familiar landmark in the Durham area for the past two hundred years and was used as a UNH classroom and staff meeting site by Child Study... Read More
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04/12/12 - Drinking Water for the Children of Cumayasa, Dominican RepublicCivil and environmental engineering students select a senior capstone design project that gives students a more real-world approach to engineering. Read More
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04/05/12 - UNH Research Brings New Understanding to Past Global Warming EventsA series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the period, the... Read More